Bastrop, Tx–After four attempts in as many years, the Bastrop Main Street Program finally won a grant for $150,000 to finish an improvement project on Chestnut Street.
The grant of Federal money through the Texas Department of Agriculture only targets Texas Main Street Program cities.
The project will extend the recently completed sidewalk installation and related features east from the new city hall and convention center across Gills Branch and link up with Texas 95 on both sides of Chestnut Street. The main feature will be a foot bridge across Gills Branch to link the convention center, due for completion early next year, to the Chestnut Square entertainment center.
Chestnut Street sidewalk and related improvements between Water Street and the Union Pacific Railroad were financed by the Bastrop Economic Development Corp. Similar work between Water and Main Street was paid for with separate grant money from the Texas Department of Transportation.
Bastrop City Manager Mike Talbot credited Bastrop Main Street Program manager Nancy Wood with pushing the latest grant award to success. Work should begin next year.